Stacy

http://writingfix.com/ What starts the whole thing? Write about the one event that--by your way of thinking--is the start (or the end) of summer.
 * Writing Prompts**

This prompt could be used in any grade from 2nd thru 12th. Every student has one thing that makes him or her realize that summer is really here, or that summer is really over. Using this prompt with older students, in high school, would probably work the best. They have had more experiences with the coming and going of summer and what typically indicates the beginning or ending of the season.

http://writingfix.com/ What's worse than fingernails on a chalkboard? Begin and end a piece of writing with an unpleasant sound.

This prompt would get the students to use great descriptive words, as well as a good opportunity to use similes. It is also a funny prompt that students would enjoy reading and hearing their classmates most hated sounds. This would be a good prompt to use from about 4th grade thru 12th grade.

http://writingfix.com/ Why wouldn't they just start over? Write a story where a character refuses to go back to square one.

This could be a great prompt for students from kindergarten thru about 5th grade. I would change the prompt for the lower grades and ask them to think of their favorite fairy tail. Why didn’t Little Red Riding Hood go home, or Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk turn back around. It is a great way to have students think about sequencing and when and why a character would wish to start the story over. Once they know when their character should have went home I would ask them to rewrite the end of the story to show what would have happened if they had turned around. Websites www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/lang_art/elem/core/prompts/Final%20Split/03_Kindergarten_1_2.pdf This site has two great kindergarten writing prompts. Not only does it give the two prompts, but it give lesson plans for presenting the ideas, sample answers that have been written by kindergartens themselves, and how the essays have been graded on a 6 trait writing scale.

http://www.kids-space.org/HPT/1a/11a.html This is a good site for students who are at the end of their kindergarten year up till about third grade. They are able to make their own story and decide where their story will lead by choosing the characters. After they are done they can see their story acted out in a play like manner.

http://www.surweb.org/search/view_custom_show.asp?page=1&change=1 This site is good for kindergarteners who are just learning their letters. It shows real life pictures that have letter shapes in them. The students must find where the letter is hiding in the picture.